Southern Cities Flashcards
settlers brought goods to port cities trade for imported goods such as ___, _____, and ______as well as furniture, silverware, and medicine.
tea, coffee, and pepper
Towns provided many services called________
trades
Children and teenagers learned jobs by coming ______
Aprentices
The shop owner was skilled at his craft and would have a helper live with him for ______ to learn the trade
years
in the late 1600s to the mid 1700s, _______ was the largest city in the southern colonies
Charles Town
Charles town had social activities that included races, _____, seeing _____, and dancing
concerts, plays
Wealthy plantation owners and their families spent ________ in Charles town to avoid all the mosquitos.
Summers
Today Charles Town is known as _______
South Carolina
Wilmington, North Carolina produced ______ and shipbuilding supplies known as ______ stores
Ships, naval
imagrants and free _____ helped Wilmington prosper
Slaves
______, Georgia, and ______, Maryland were also fast growing ports
Savannah, Baltimore
A country seat is the main _____ for an inland area of land called a country
city
People living in inland depended on the county seat to _______
trade
Farm families would pack a suitcase and travel to the country seat ______ times a year to buy and sell goods
several
The country seat was also a place to buy and sell ______, Make ______, and ______ for leaders
slave, laws, crops
